Table of Contents “...The contexts of reading in Aotearoa New Zealand. The social and political contexts of reading : contemporary literacy policy in Aotearoa New Zealand / Tom Nicholson -- The theoretical contexts of reading : how children learn to read (and why some don't) / William Tunmer & James Chapman -- The social and cultural contexts of early literacy : making the links between homes, centres and schools / Joy Cullen -- The social and political contexts of early intervention programmes : a case study of Reading Recovery / Roger Openshaw -- Literacy development in the early years. ...”